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First, the rats chew up bark from the a particular type of East African tree, called Acokanthera schimperi.
Ars Technica Kate Shaw 2011
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First, the rats chew up bark from the a particular type of East African tree, called Acokanthera schimperi.
Ars Technica Kate Shaw 2011
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Care should be taken while collecting it in the wild as it can easily be confused with Acokanthera spp. used to prepare arrow poison.
Chapter 7 1999
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Remarks: A related species, but usually with larger fruits and leaves than those of A. schimperi: Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.)
Chapter 7 1999
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Acokanthera poison is a lethal cardiac poison only effective when it gets into the bloodstream.
Chapter 7 1999
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Cover photographs (clockwise from top left): Vangueria infausta, Acokanthera oppositifolia, Uvaria scheffleri, Citrullus lanatus, Nymphaea nouchali,
Chapter 1 1999
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When presented with pieces of Acokanthera branch and root, we observed a living wildcaught crested rat to gnaw and masticate the bark and selectively 'slaver' the lateral line fur between repeated bouts of gnawing and chewing.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Acokanthera shrub, which has bark filled with "ouabain", closely-related to a source of arrow poison famously used to kill elephants.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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The researchers determined that the rat spends many hours gnawing on the bark and roots of the Acokanthera tree, from which it extracts the same curare-type heart toxin that African hunters have traditionally used to kill elephants.
NYT > Global Home By NATALIE ANGIER 2012
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Acokanthera schimperi, which the rats are known to chew.
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